What a hand on Brasilia #191. Let's see if we can get all of the action for you.
Lana Maier brought it in. The action was completed by one player, who was called by Eric Kurtzman and a second player before Lacey Jones raised. All four other players called for a five-way pot on fourth street.
Jones retained the lead on fourth. She bet all in and was once again called by everyone. On fifth street, action passed to Maier. She bet out, inducing one fold before Kurtzman raised. That raise was cold-called by the other player remaining in the pot before Maier called as well.
On sixth street, Maier checked out of turn. She tried to bet when the action checked in front of her. Kurtzman protested, drawing a floor to the table. The floor ruled that the check had to stand. All players checked to the river.
On the river, Kurtzman's river card was dealt face up. The next player's river card was dealt face down. Before the deal could be completed, the floor was once again summoned. He ruled that all river cards must be dealt face up because of the dealer error.
The dealer then dealt an eighth card face up to the fourth player before dealing a face up card to Jones and Maier. Once that error was rectified (all cards were backed up), the fourth player still had three closed hole cards and in fact had mixed his cards together. He opened the top one up and everyone was satisfied.
With the deal finally complete, action checked to Maier. She bet and was called in two places. She opened in the hole for a 6-5 low and a straight to the 7. That scooped everything, eliminating Jones and crippling Kurtzman in the process.
Maier is now near the top of the counts with about 92,000 chips.
On a flop of , Bryan Devonshire led into Rod Pardey with a bet. The two-time bracelet winner, Pardey, made the call. The turn was the and Devonshire led out again. Pardey called again.
The final card completed the board with the . Devonshire bet one last time, but Pardey folded, giving Devonshire the pot.
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The bust outs have slowed down quite a bit as the players are becoming aware of the fact that they are extremely close to cashing in the event.
One player yelled to the floor, "How many left?"
Another player responded, "I need to feed my kids, I wanna know how many are left as well."
Marco Traniello checked to Alan Boston on the flop of . Boston checked and then a third player checked behind Boston. A fourth player was in the pot and he fired a bet. Traniello, Boston, and the other player all called.
The turn brought the . Traniello checked, Boston led out, the third player called, and then the fourth player folded along with Traniello. Only two players remained for the last street of action.
The was placed on the river and Boston hesitated and then bet out. His opponent also hesitated for just about the same length of time as Boston had and then mucked his hand. Boston raked in the pot and increased to 30,000 chips.
Paul Darden bet the flop of into Andy Black. Black made the call. The turn brought the and Darden checked. Black fired a bet and Darden called. The river was the and both players checked.
"Eight." said Darden, rolling over the . Black shook his head and flipped up .
Vanessa Rousso's opponent knew his tournament was over even before he saw her cards. "I can't win," he said, opening . Rousso opened up , a hand that hit the flop hard and the turn harder. Rousso's opponent was right; he coudln't win. He was out after a river .
"We were just talking about the high hands," explained Rousso after the pot was pushed to her. "And I was like, 'Oh, this is *so* unlucky.' But I can't fold that!"
Jean "Prince" Gaspard was leading the betting the entire way and getting calls from Farzad Rouhani and Keith Ezykowich. Here's how the hands played out.
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Gaspard took down the low half of the pot while Rouhani took the high. Ezykowich was upset with losing to Rouhani's high hand, claiming that Rouhani must have caught the boat on seventh street to best his aces up.
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As Elizabeth exited, about 25 men disappeared from the railHold'em:
Torstein Iversen raised the action from early position and then Shannon Elizabeth made the call from the big blind. The flop came down and Elizabeth checked. Iversen bet and Elizabeth raised to almost put herself all in. She had 500 chips left behind and Iversen only made the call.
The turn was the and Elizabeth fired the rest of her chips into the middle. Iversen quickly called.
Elizabeth tabled and Iversen held an ace high with . The river was an unlucky one for Shannon though, as the hit the felt. She was eliminated just a handful of places out of the money.
We've called Rodney Pardey's name earlier during this 2009 WSOP. He made the final table of the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event, finshing in second place to champion Jeffrey Lisandro. Pardey is playing well again today -- he's the current chip leader.
Pardey took down a sizable pot from chess master Ivo Donev. By the time we got to the table, the action was at sixth street. Pardey led out with an open pair and Donev called. On the river Pardey led out again.
Donev tanked, and tanked, and tanked some more. He even flashed his hand to our reporter before finally throwing in a call. Donev had started with rolled up fours and never improved; Pardey opened in the hole for sixes full of tens.
Donev is on life support at 3,000; Pardey is closing in on 90,000 chips.
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. Boston checked and then a third player checked behind Boston. A fourth player was in the pot and he fired a bet. Traniello, Boston, and the other player all called.
. Traniello checked, Boston led out, the third player called, and then the fourth player folded along with Traniello. Only two players remained for the last street of action.
and Darden checked. Black fired a bet and Darden called. The river was the 
. Rousso opened up 
turn harder. Rousso's opponent was right; he coudln't win. He was out after a river 
and Elizabeth fired the rest of her chips into the middle. Iversen quickly called.